What's in a name?
I am overjoyed to have found this blogpost from April 26 2023 on the Wayback Machine. I thought it was lost forever to the ether and yesterday I found it. DO enjoy.
Frankly, it’s doing my head in. What started out as a fun exercise has turned into a
Nopium, defined
Words
Nopium, defined
Gita 20th October 2026
Inspired by frustration, I'm pretty pleased with this new word. Good can come from bad, you see?
📖 nopium
/ˈnəʊpiəm/ · noun, informal
The reflexive, almost addictive pull of saying no: pessimism or obstruction used as a comfort, so that nothing new is
What a week!
Week Notes
11 - 18 October 2026
11Sunday
Meeting with Liam MP and all the Save Our Screen Campaigners. What with that and the CityGate presentation and canvassing High St business views, am worn out before week begins. Film pre-FC video in evening. Getting the hang of this...
12Monday
Full
A question of conscience
Tuesday 13th October 2026
It's been such a busy time lately. Ever since CityGate Church announced that the Odeon cinema would be closing and that they were about to apply for Change of Use Planning Permission to turn it into a Place of Worship there have been meetings
Postcards from Brighton
Brighton
21 · IX · 2026
Brighton
21st September 2026
Postcards from the Brighton Conference
So quiet
An early start on Sunday
The Premier League Trophy
Chill
Chiller
Wind power
On the front
The Thing
View from The Thing
Having myself a time
I'd previously avoided Conference like the plague
Conference week
Week Notes
15 - 22 September 2026
15Tuesday
First step to becoming a toothless crone has made me feel v out of sorts 😢
16Wednesday
First choir. The first four notes and I'm home
17Thursday
18Friday
19Saturday
Busy, busy. Councillor Surgery, walk Fergus as J still in Norfolk, pack, Sindhu
Yew
Field Notes — No. 10
Yew
17th September 2026
I know that this probably didn't start off as wild and it's certainly not a rare find but every year I want to capture the matt, almost velvet beauty of yew berries which aren't in fact
Fungi finds of Autumn 2026
Field Notes
Fungi Log
Autumn 2026
Fungi finds of Autumn 2026
Giant Polypore
14 September
Facts
Latin: Meripilus giganteus
Size: Rosettes to 50cm+
Habitat: Base of beech/oak
Note: Pale flesh bruises black within minutes
Oysterling
14 September
Facts
Latin: Crepidotus sp.
Size: Cap 1-6cm
Habitat: Dead twigs, broadleaf
My diary - 1
Week Notes
10-14 September 2026
10Thursday
Meeting with resident in her home. Tea with sweeteners and a mini roll. Glad that one of my asks has been taken up
11Friday
Remembering: John was in Paris. I left several hysterical voicemail messages, which he didn't or couldn'
A first-time spot on our evening walk
Field Notes
No. 09
Badger
12th September 2026
Fergus spotted it, stopped and stared, as is his normal inter-species opening gambit. I thought it was just a fox but when I looked I could not believe that I was finally seeing a badger in the flesh and from their
Five
9th September 2026
Tonight, across two scrutiny committees, I broke my question duck. (What does that even mean?)
break one’s duck
/breɪk wʌnz dʌk/ verb phr.
1. Cricket. To score one’s first run after a period of scoring none.
2. Of a councillor: to ask, at long last,
I've got your back
Blogpost
I've got your back
By Gita Bapat Wednesday 9th September 2026
I reiterate: this is not supposed to be a misery memoir but this thing is on my overthinking mind and I need to park it somewhere. I have two Council Committee sessions this evening and I